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Saturday, 2 January 2016

...thanks for all the fish...

So long 2015 and thanks for all the fish...(excuse the Hitchhikers reference)...

I don't 'do' new year because it all seems a bit out of kilter to me. I can understand the winter solstice being an ending and a new beginning of sorts because it is the point when the light starts to return but I don't get 1st January being the beginning of a new journey because for me January is still slap bang in the middle of winter.

January is cold and wet and damp and a time when I feel I should still be hibernating, sitting curled up on the sofa with a big bowl of casserole and a good book, although I do use January as a time to start thinking about new ventures and beginning to plot and plan what I want to do with the next year but I do not start January with the whole 'new me, new look, new diet, total detox thing'...actually I would never start any month, day or week with a detox and never will until detoxing involves chocolate and cake...

We have a saying in our house "tomorrow is a new day" which actually means we can start afresh on any day of the week, month or year and that works for me.

Actually I had a bit of a health scare in November which forced me to rest up...well actually I was supposed to but really I am useless at doing nothing so I was rubbish at the resting lark until the universe decided to help me out and gave me the worst cough I have ever had in mid December which really did make me stop and rest. In fact if it hadn't been for the gift of Night Nurse/Day Nurse medication I wouldn't have been vertical for any of the festivities...

I also got to visit Witchfest for the first time as a speaker and was overwhelmed at the response and...have been asked back this year too. I also got to talk at a couple of local moots as well which is also fun and a workshop at The Enchanted Market (I will be back there again in February too). It was an honour to do the first talk and book signing at the opening of a friend's shop in Glastonbury - Lady of the Silver Wheel (previously Padma).

I also have a lot more regular blogging planned...she says hopefully...

Whether you go with the flow or celebrate the new year I hope 2016 brings you everything you wish for and I would like to thank everyone for their friendship and support over the past twelve months, it really is appreciated ♥